God* Has Spoken... (*well maybe...)
Paul at Powerline writes about the "double-edged sword" that Giuliani has lived by during the recent events in the Republican primaries:
...Huckabee's rise could signal trouble for Giuliani. That's because of the backlash to Huckabee's rise, and the backlash to that backlash. The rise of Huckabee has produced extremely harsh criticism of the former Arkansas governor on multiple grounds, though not by Giuliani personally. That criticism (along with Huckabee's rather self-pitying response to it) appears to be fueling resentment on the part of some evangelical voters and perhaps other social conservatives. The notion, as articulated by Huckabee, is that evangelicals are expected dutifully to "suck it up" and support the Republican nominee whatever his level of commitment to social conservatism, but as soon as one of "their own" seeks the nomination, he is slapped down by the party "elite." As I've noted, this theme makes little sense, but there it is.
But let us not forget who supports Giuliani, none other than Pat Robertson. If Robertson has any pull with the social conservatives, you would think that this notion of social conservatives "seeking their own" would be bunk? You would think that Giuliani would have their support...?
Well, in any event, it looks like Robertson has heard something through his prayers, and it sounds like it might not be good for the Republicans. But then again, maybe it was wishful thinking on his part that the message was not from god anyway. ;)
Watch the video.
Hmmm... It didn't look good for "HC" either. President Obama in our future, perhaps?
So Pat... it goes from god... to you... to "my lips are sealed"... to back to fasting/prayer in hope for another answer?
Comments
Rudy is in a deep hole and what really burns me is that it is self-made.
I think that Rudy is very capable; I just distrust former prosecuting attorneys and the leftward bias of NYC. I have the same issue against McCain as Rudy that I cannot trust them to support the individuals right to firearms under the Second Amendment.
Anyway, Giuliani's in trouble, you're right. I don't know if he'll have the steam built up to carry through with his late strategy.
I've decided to vote third party if Huckabee is nominated. Or write in Fred Thompson.